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Frontmatter
List of maps and tables (page xii)
General editor's preface (page xiii)
Preface (page xv)
Introduction (page 1)
1 Conquest and stability (page 6)
2 The new empire (page 29)
3 Autocratic centralism (page 58)
4 Land revenue and rural society (page 79)
5 Jahangir 1605-1627 (page 94)
6 Shah Jahan 1628-1658 (page 119)
7 The War of Succession (page 151)
8 Imperial expansion under Aurangzeb 1658-1689 (page 165)
9 The economy, societal change, and international trade (page 185)
10 Maratha insurgency and Mughal conquest in the Deccan (page 205)
11 The Deccan Wars (page 225)
12 Imperial decline and collapse, 1707-1720 (page 253)
Conclusion (page 282)
Glossary (page 298)
Bibliographical essay (page 304)
Index (page 311)
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